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Fine, thanks.

I've got to be there by nine.

What's your rush? It's only ten after eight.

Hurry,

come on. All right, all right. So what if you're late? What do they expect?

Harry Sumer calls you, what, at midnight?

Tells you to report to someplace at nine in the morning.

It's not your wedding. No, it's not my wedding. Come on.

You're all right.

I'll fix that. You tuck your shirt.

Ma, I'm late and this is nothing new to the both of us. All right, come on.

All right, all right. I'll do it on my way. Where's my hat? Here.

Put your shirt. Wait a minute.

Here, here, here.

Sergeant Sue Marr from the Police Academy. See Lieutenant Kojak. Oh, yes,

Go right ahead. He's waiting for you. Thanks.

Oh, yeah.

What's the matter? How are you?

Are you comfortable?

Very nice.

When I got your call, I figured you must have got hit on the head with one of

those barbells you use in the gym. Now, tell me, what kind of a yo -yo idea

makes you take a rural recruit still in the academy and put him on an active

squad like mine? Now, wait a minute, Theo. I really believe in this. Besides,

will give you a chance to be a legitimate father for the first time in

life. I gave you the pick of the litter. He is the best recruit in the class.

His father was a cop.

Sergeant Warren. Ralph Warren, Sr. Well, you got Jr. Get a phone call,

Lieutenant. Now, take care of it.

One of those.

Lieutenant Kojak.

What?

There's a mouth of babes here for you.

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, no.

Okay. Okay.

There's Warren. He's in the lobby.

Five after nine this morning, probationary patrolman Ralph Warren Jr.

slips into this joint.

He used the phone. He comes across these three men.

They're about to hang colorful gangland figure Joseph Lago. You all right, kid?

I think so, Sergeant.

It all happened so quick.

Did I do anything wrong?

I don't think so. So now he goes running out, fires three shots, misses them

all. They make the corner, hit this woman. She's in pretty bad shape. I got

waiting in the head. Lieutenant,

what is all this?

Well, this kid you just walked in on, the juiciest attempted gangland slaying

the year. What do you got for me? I didn't know who it was.

I know that. How about those three guys that we got there in the middle of the

road? They were just guys.

Just guys? You fired dumb shots at just guys?

They were getting away. I wanted to stop them. So you decided to use that BB gun

you got for Christmas?

Don't you know 38s don't stop cars?

Theo, he wasn't driving. Slow down, okay? Harry!

Regulations say you don't fire at cars unless they're coming at you, right,

Sergeant?

to get an investigation.

He's our only witness and he's a police officer.

This man's going downtown with me. He'll probably be suspended.

I mean, is there a time limit on suspending cops?

Listen, Lieutenant, you want to go downtown with him for insubordination?

Captain, uh, this is a scene of a crime.

I'm the ranking detective.

I'm in charge. Those are the rules. You want to break the rules, Captain?

Well, I'm taking his gun.

You can take his socks if you like.

Just as long as you leave me his cute little personality.

Go talk to me. What happened?

Nothing happened. There was a rope around your neck. That's nothing. That

said you're bacon.

If he said so.

I don't know nothing about it.

Anybody else see it? Okay, Jimmy, what's it gonna be? The gutter rules or did

your head finally grow a brain?

I already told everybody I don't know nothing. I got hit in the head out in

street. Next thing I knew, some cop dressed like a bus driver was waking me

That's not what happened.

This bus driver put his neck in your noose.

Why the hell did you let him have it?

Two grand? That'd be cute, Joey. You gonna talk or what?

I can take care of my own problems. You take care of yours.

You,

punk. You are my problem. You think I'm gonna let you walk out of here like a

big shot? Stop putting out contracts on three guys?

Dirty the streets?

What three guys?

We checked on witnesses out front. Nobody saw anything.

All right, take him. Book him at the night court.

Disorderly conduct.

Vacancy. Photos. Fingerprints. The works. He'll walk right out the door and

that. So what?

Five or six hours, we'll keep the atmosphere clean. Do you copy?

You punk.

You.

Come here.

Come on, Lego. I got bracelets to match your pinky ring. Come on.

It was too fast, sir. I never got that good a look at them.

I could probably spot them in person, but I don't think I could do it by

How come you were so sure they were in the car and started throwing shots at

It was them. I could just tell. I see. A certain sixth sense developed from your

long police experience. Right, kid?

Ralph.

Just take your time. Just calm down.

I never saw anything like that in my life before.

I was just going to make a phone call, and this guy's getting hung.

And then they were all over me, and just one thing happened right after another.

I don't even remember firing the shots or even taking my gun out. What about

guy getting hung? He knows. He can tell you what happened. Joey Lago won't say

anything. He's a middleweight contender in organized crime.

You're all we got, kid.

Stavros?

Take Warren down to the BCI. Show him all the photos we got on the Fisher

See if he can't ID any of them.

Lieutenant, that lady, the pedestrian?

Well, she went out of the picture.

Go ahead. Do what I told you. Yeah.

the rackets in the Lower East Side area from the knish joints up to about the

sheets and blankets market at 12th Street.

And right above them is the Fisher Group.

They control about six blocks from the blankets to the necktie markets on 18th

Street. And a little around the edge on Delancey Street under the Williamsburg

Bridge. You ought to run a sightseeing tour.

You got a nice flair for it.

Yeah.

Lago and Fisher have been...

Beefing for the last couple of years. They'll really be at each other's

now. Well, I wish we could just let them blow each other up. Yeah, like the high

Yankees stating what's left of it and let them go at each other.

Well, why don't we just rouse Fisher and his people?

Huh? Swing them in here. Let the kid get a good look at them. You say you could

make them face to face?

It would be worth it just for the sake of intelligence.

Fresh pictures, addresses.

We don't have enough men to cover the worksheets now, let alone rouse a couple

of more gangs.

We're not looking for convictions.

Just some fast sweeping.

We got your old partner here, Sumar.

He'll stay till it's over. I'll get the old cape in downtown.

You got the rookie Warren?

He'll stay. Then cut the rest of your squad loose. On top of everything else

they're doing, right?

They'll do it if you ask them, Theo.

They'll put out for you.

Look, Mac, you're the boss, okay?

But I'm gonna try one more thing before I stretch my gang out. Now, what'd I

come here for?

Of course.

Now, Lago and Fisher, they stretch all the way from canishes to neckties,

But there's one guy who throws a blanket over them both, Katansky.

He's the patron of the holy side. You know what?

Maybe he can force them into making love, not war.

Sure. Got a chance.

I'm no C.

What's happening with you?

We don't get to talk too much these days, huh?

Yeah, well, since you started sitting back, Katansky, you will, uh, pardon my

back.

There's no reason for me to make these social calls.

Hey, what's the matter with me? Henry, move these plates.

Get him some prosciutto and melon, a little veal, just like me. Yeah, what

you planning, a food orgy?

Just use your fork on that veal. No knife.

It's like butter.

Look, Cat.

a couple of guys in the neighborhood, and they're not happy with what they

They want to get each other's place.

I'm talking about Fisher and Largo. They're ready to start a war.

I want you to send out the word. Maybe they'll listen.

Look at it this way.

I'm like a landlord.

I got this apartment house.

Lots of tenants.

One moves in, one moves out.

Same apartment, same rent.

Unless my house gets damaged, a little rumble now and then clears the air.

I gotta let it happen, Kojak.

It's the rules.

They're not my rules.

I'm gonna come down, pussycat.

And I'm gonna come down hard.

Yeah, all right.

What do you say? Gonna talk to Margo and Fish or not?

Have some red.

Compliments of what's -his -name over there.

There it's in. No, thanks.

Hey, look, Kat. You gotta do what you gotta do, and I gotta do what I gotta

I'm very happy you lost so much weight, huh? What, seven and two -thirds ounces?

Ciao, baby.

Ciao.

That Katansky's an old man.

He ain't gonna do a damn thing.

With cheese.

Hey, fellas, we got no beef with you guys.

We're with Fisher.

We ain't with Largo. Well, we ain't with either of them.

We'll straighten this out, Joey. I got everybody just waiting for your okay.

Then we hit Fisher, all his people. Nobody saw those guys as good as I did.

don't belong to Fisher.

Maybe you imported them. Trust my neck with outsiders? No way Fisher did this.

You take me to a safe place with a safe phone. I gotta talk this out with Fisher

before anybody gets hit.

Beat off the furniture.

Okay, I'm going to eat.

You didn't tell me everything that happened, all of it.

Did you?

Did Pop tell you everything?

He just told me the funny stories.

I guess he thought everything else would scare me.

Maybe it would have.

Besides, Mom, you heard the news. You saw some of it on TV.

You know all about it. Oh.

I know what happened to them. I want to know what happened to you. I froze, Mom.

That's what happened. I froze. I stood there like a jerk.

Ralph, I... Look, Mom.

No lectures, huh? Not now.

Well, no speeches, Ralph.

Just one word.

Quit. I can't quit.

I'm in it now, for better or worse.

You took a job, Ralph. You didn't marry it. You can get out any time you want.

You got no pension to protect, no longevity, no close friends you're going

miss, or no enemies you hate.

That's the way you have to get.

You know, I loved your father, Ralph.

And I would have loved him if he was a tailor or a bookkeeper.

But he was a cop, and he ended up dead at 35.

But the job got too important to him, so he only lived half his life.

Hey, you should be out with your friends or making a fool of yourself with some

pretty girl instead of sitting on the couch trying to figure out how to get

gun back.

Get it. No, I...

Yeah, hello.

I want you to go down to the morgue and look at some dead human being.

Is that you, Fisher?

Yeah, who's this?

This is Joey. I'm on a safe phone. What about you?

So? We gotta talk, Fish. We're being played for suckers.

Wanna talk?

Sure. Come on over here to my joint.

How about here or at my place or anywhere in the middle somewhere?

Oh, sure, Joey.

Where's the middle between us anymore?

Hey, what's with you, Fish? I'm just trying to put a lid on it. Why, you

punk. You hit two of my men today.

Now you're trying to set me up?

Where do you come off starting this feud, anyway? Let me talk, Fish.

That's not what's going down. Oh, no.

It's going down, Joey.

You're going down.

And everyone around you.

You're a pig.

Pigs are good for one thing.

Slaughter.

No, not him.

Well, go take a good look.

I'm not going to hurt you, I don't think.

It's not him. He's not one of them. All right, check the other one.

Are you sure?

Take a look at both profiles.

Take it easy, Theo. It's the kid's first time down here. Sure, tell me about it.

Stairs, too.

Make one better.

There, stay in.

Batman and Robin, you better be talking. Crime doesn't pay.

What about Warren? He ID anyone?

Maybe you better send the kid home. Get some rest.

Gonna need him in the next few days, probably nonstop.

Stop, Russ!

Coffee? Yeah, black, no sugar. Take Warren home.

But have him be available. Stay near a telephone.

What about the coffee? Get out of here.

I'll be in the garage.

Spare a few minutes, sir. Later, kid, later, okay? Look, Frank, we need

and fast.

They're shooting up the street.

Captain McNeil. I know, thanks.

Well, I'm trying to borrow some men from Manhattan North. They're short, but

they said they could give us one or two.

Queens is giving us a couple.

Bronx has four just coming off vacation.

Staten Island, Zilch, I'm waiting to hear from Brooklyn.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Excuse me, Captain, but a stoolie just called in.

Fisher's in a bar. It's his headquarters down on Fifth Street. Maybe we can take

him. Slip in, grab him, tell him Largo talked.

Maybe get something out of him. Like what? Now, look, every one of these

knows something that could send the other up the river.

If I could get Fisher to squeal on Largo... For which on the street he

killed. If I could do it, that might get Lago to turn Fisher in for something,

right? I got to take the war off the streets, Frank.

But I got to keep the war going.

Play them against each other, but on our terms.

It'll be a hundred to one on that. I'm going to get two squads together, try

get Fisher.

We nail a couple of his men for trying to hang Lago, right?

We got a little pressure. We can bring the bear.

Sumar, you go get the kid and bring him down. And Crocker, you stay with Sumar.

What's that?

Warren Shield.

I heard you. How are you?

How are you? Make a hand. Come on. Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Naughty, naughty, naughty.

Hey, what's the sweat? Come on, come on.

Move it out, move it out.

Turn around.

Turn around and let me get you to physiognomies.

You now meet a working class.

Yeah, but with dispatch.

That's true.

Look, Doc, they're nowhere around.

In these alleys, they could be anywhere.

Joe Rage ought to be ashamed of you, Doc.

Yeah, come on.

All right, Sepp, get them all out of here. Yeah, cheese!

Come on, let's go.

Come on, move up.

Sit down.

I want to see Fisher.

Fisher.

Your boss.

Want you to get in touch with him? Tell him I want to talk to him, one -on -one.

I couldn't get in touch with Fisher if I wanted.

He just busted me. I guess I'm busted.

And I don't know what for.

Harry, you get Warren, see if we can identify Cheech the beach here.

And if you can't, better make a brilliant, daring escape.

There isn't any Warren, Thiel.

He turned in his fashion, Neil.

Get him out of here.

And with dispatch.

What is it with you?

Are you giving up before you even start?

What is he doing here?

Hey, patrolman.

I'm a big fan of yours.

Then how come you treated me like a jerk the past two days?

I mean, what did I do that was so wrong?

Sarge, two months ago, I was a student at NYU, and now he expects me to be

Earp?

Internal Affairs has my gun, and they're just waiting until he's through with me

to sink their teeth in.

I'm important. Like dog meat, I'm important.

I don't know how A .I .D. is going to react to you, kid. I don't need that,

mister. This isn't the service. I wasn't drafted.

I can quit any time I want, and I did. What do you mean you can't quit in the

middle of this?

You saw the guys. You witnessed the crime.

You're important to us. Important?

I don't buy it.

Sarge, you stuck with me from the beginning.

I only accepted all this abuse because I thought the incident was an

embarrassment to you. So you and me were even. I did the best I could, and if

that isn't enough, well, then, okay, I'm finished.

I'm still a man, and I'll do other things.

You got no taste for me, do you?

You might say that. Well, that's too bad, because it's a tough job. You know

something? You're a cute kid.

It's a very tough job, and I'm good at it.

And that's the way the cookies crumple, baby.

Lieutenant, I was coming here to learn and to watch, not for you to teach me

anything. I stumbled onto something I never expected, and I just, you know...

You just say, yeah, I know, you blew it, because you're an amateur.

And I work with professionals.

If any of my men did what you did, I'd have them blown hot air in a balloon

factory. You won't give an inch, will you? You have no feeling for me at all.

For you.

You're paid to be a victim.

The public does it for free. Them I got a feeling for. What should I have done?

How the hell do I know?

Well, I know what you shouldn't have done. You did.

That's a great answer, Lieutenant.

You know something?

You're right.

I don't know.

There's no book or reaction, no lessons.

Just experience.

You walk into a hot situation.

You're hoping that you're acting right. You hope your instincts take over. You

act strong.

People sense this.

They sense you know what you're doing and maybe you get yourself out of an

situation. I did try, remember?

You know something?

If you'd hassle the streets the way you hassle me today, you'd be all right.

You've got a year's experience in one boom -boom moment.

Don't waste it, kid.

Here.

Groza. What's ever grown on you is as hard as nails. I don't want to end up

that.

Hey.

After five years, you come to me and show me a different way to do it. You

something? I'm going to listen.

But in the meantime, you go pay your dues first, okay?

Goodbye, Mrs. Warren.

Is this your father's shield?

Say goodbye to your mother.

Here, come in.

Mom.

Yeah, yeah.

I had the picture.

The minute those two made their personal appearance.

Listen.

One way or another, the Force is something my life is all mixed up with.

Some people's lives aren't mixed up with anything.

So if you made up your mind, don't you ever change?

Because you start wondering.

I'll make a mistake.

Father told me to have one.

We never asked him to quit after that.

I thought I was in any way responsible.

You weren't, Marlon. We know that and you know that.

And this is it for sure?

You made your decision.

Okay.

I'm never going to talk about it again, ever.

You understand?

Don't you.

I've got to stop wondering.

Come on, get out of here.

I've got to finish up.

What's

this?

He picked up three of Fisher's men.

Well, we're casing the joint, trying to get it fixed on Lago, and where he

pulled up, he and his soldiers... This guy's doing the same thing. If he had a

piece, he'd dump it, throw it away.

Does he work for Fisher?

I don't think so. Says his name is Tweet, from the Bronx. Then he says we

know what we're talking about. Who knows?

Brian Laguerre's men?

They vanished.

Nobody's seen them. Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Hey, hey, hey, what is this?

Lieutenant, this is one of them.

This is the one who was holding Laguerre when I...

This isn't a book,

Warren. Now you look okay.

You never want to tell a man to do it right.

But you know all about him. You know why?

Because that way, he'll be as smart as you.

Comprende?

Well, I'm sorry, but he is one of the three.

That Fisher hired outside helped us string up Lago. Yeah, maybe there's more

going on than we think.

You know something?

I think I'm going to make a phone call.

I'm having lunch with my family, Kojak. How come I got to catch all these

questions? You want to put me on retainer?

You, eat, eat. You want to grow up like your grandfather?

Now look.

You don't like muscle coming to your area from other boroughs, do you?

Well, neither do I.

And we cover the same neighborhood.

You want to ask questions about Sweetser?

You've got to talk to Lairdson.

Lairdson?

I think I'll set up a meet with Fisher.

Beautiful.

Come on, Fish.

Largo said it's your fault.

If you just keep cool and just sit back, you may be alive when this war is over.

Yeah, when I'm sitting back, these other guys are going to be moving in on me.

You mean Largo, right?

Okay, Largo. So it's no secret no more.

So I sit back. What's he going to do, huh?

You know he's still trying to hit me. You believe me. He's gone that far.

Yeah, you'll be safe.

Oh, sure I will. Yeah, you'll be in jail in the tombs.

Hey, wait a minute. You set me up.

I came here... Now, hear me out before you start calling me lousy, okay?

Look, Fish, I picked up three of your men yesterday. You know that? So what? I

got more. I picked up two of them an hour ago.

That leaves you with six. And right now, as we're talking and socializing, I'm

stalking your other six men. Hey, you can't hold onto us. You can't keep us in

the can. We got lawyers. They can move as fast as you.

Hey, Kojak, how come me? Can I help it if Lago's smarter than you are?

I just can't find him.

That's because you don't know nothing.

All right.

Where is he?

I don't do it. Not for no reason. Hey, fish.

You listen to me, okay?

Come here.

Now look, Largo's gonna sweep down and take over your whole territory. Do you

understand? Now you listen to me.

It's gonna look like you didn't turn anybody in. Not even yourself.

You know, I'll pick you up off the street and I'll seem like one of your

squealed on you.

If he buys that, we're on our way.

Okay. I'll bring my guys together and I'll bring them in and you take us.

But no rough stuff.

Huh? But first you get Largo.

All right.

Where is he?

The one place I can't touch him is Mother's house in Brooklyn.

Oh, that's beautiful.

Just touch one gray hair on that sweet head and you've blown all your status.

Largo is smart.

Yeah, sure. Tell me about it.

Okay, Fish. How many men did he have? All of them except for the bookies.

How many is that? Eleven soldiers with their armory.

All right, you check Fisher into that motel on 44th Street until we pick up

Largo. Make sure you sign the register, McNeil's name, so we can pick up our

expense money.

Right, I've only got about 20 bucks. Have you got any cash? Yeah, cash, here.

Hey, between you two guys, you can't raise a hundred. And you're telling me

to do?

I spent that much for dinner last night.

You want a loan?

Come here.

It's official, I'll take 50 NYPD.

Beautiful move.

Here, get my marker for $50, yeah?

I'll keep fighting for gas. Hey, fish!

Who loves you, baby?

You're beautiful.

Enough garbage for an army.

Hey, if you let me use your telephone, I won't arrest you for indecent exposure.

Okay.

Joey?

He doesn't live here.

Mrs. Largo, just call out my name.

Say I'm next door. Maybe you'll pop out of the oven like a little veal cutlet

parmesan.

Yeah. Uh, me Kojak.

K -O -J -A -K.

Kojak.

K -O -J -A -K.

Mama, get some beer.

It's all right. It's okay, Mama. It's all right.

What do you want, Kojak?

I'm next door, Joey.

And I have about 15 guys around your mother's house.

And if I blink my eyes, they come in and bust you.

So just you and your friends come walking out nice and quiet.

What friends?

The rest of the football team.

There ain't no one in this apartment but me and my mother. And I ain't done

nothing and you can't take me in. Yo, yo, I've got a pocket full of warrants

you. And your people.

I'm giving you a... This last chance to walk out now or, huh?

I spoil your mother's day.

Hey, my mother has to live here. I don't want her place busted. She's got

neighbors. You picked a spot, Largo. Yeah, you got an honor, not me.

You got three minutes.

Yeah.

My last one, thanks.

So glad you could come.

Take your hat off.

What are you doing 140 blocks from home?

Joey, where are you going? Mama, don't worry. It's okay. Everything is going to

be fine.

But, wait a minute.

Don't worry, Mama.

He's a good boy.

Come here.

Smile.

Joey, get it downtown and get it developed right away.

You and me, baby, the same car, okay?

Who set me up? Tell me. Forget the rules. Your shirt?

That jerk.

I ain't no beef with him.

You bring him in, too. That's only right.

What'll I get him on? You gotta tell me something.

Forget the rules, right?

Check his prints with some ding -a -ling town in North Dakota.

Yeah, Pickering, North Dakota.

Yeah, he's always joking about this cowboy he killed out in North Dakota.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Me, Kojak.

Oh. What are you playing for?

Don't name it. All right. You carry me for another 50?

Why not?

If I lose, I'll give you another marker by McNeil.

Good enough. Yeah.

Oh.

Okay.

Log on this man already in.

All we got to do is pick up yours, right?

Okay.

12th Street and Avenue E, the bowling alley.

Okay, you call them. Tell them to throw their guns down the dock alley and sit

there and wait for you.

You're asking too much, Kojak.

Hey, Fish.

You're in enough trouble.

You don't want any more with any of my people getting hurt.

You know what I mean?

Like, uh... The North Dakota stick -up.

Hey.

Where'd you get that info?

Lago.

He gave me up.

Like a dead mackerel.

What is that?

The devil.

Fish, yeah, he's here.

He just came knocking on your door, baby.

Name of the game, gin. Give him back the marker.

Hey.

What's with you guys?

He's my partner.

Well, let me tell you a little something about Joey Lago, baby.

There have been a few numbers over the years, and you ought to hear about these

tricks. Because when I get through talking, he's going to go away for a

years.

All of them?

Who? Fisher, Lago, all their people.

Hey, that's beautiful.

Now listen.

We'll let the streets panic tonight.

The first thing in the morning, we start visiting all their places.

Start getting them under our wing.

The first thing you want to do is get all of Lago's places. All of them.

And then Fisher will start to come in all by himself.

The cops are all over the place.

Hey, don't worry about the cops.

The cops can pull off. They got everything they want. Now, they got

Fisher, all kinds of headlines.

Listen, go walk the street.

What's happening out there? You knew it wasn't Fisher.

Yeah, I knew. And you always knew it was Larson, didn't you?

Yeah, I figured. So what the hell did you have me chasing my tail for? I could

have picked him up.

This way he sets you up against Fisher and it worked, could you go?

Fisher wouldn't listen.

Anyhow, these things always happen sooner or later anyway.

Larson and somebody else make that kind of move.

I won't laugh at Joey.

You want them all, so get them.

I got time to do before I worry about him again. Oh, sure you do. Two or three

years, you'll sit up there in jail and he's getting fat moving in on you.

What am I supposed to do? Cry?

That's life. When I get out, maybe it'll change. He set you up for a hangin', yo

-yo. That's a hell of a way to go.

You're choking me now.

Hey, look.

You know where Lanson is. I'm sure you got him set up. All you gotta do is tip

me, and I'm the guy who's gonna do the dirty work for you.

Set up in a soda fountain on Bleeker Street.

The counterman's a lookout.

He's got two buzzers under the counter. just like me.

One's a warning and the other opens a door in the back.

The room leads out into the back alleys in the basements. You get out there, you

lose them.

And you must have some other way to get out.

Only I never found out about that.

All right, spell out the buses for me.

They're to the right of the cash register as you come in the front.

Who's your man?

Hey.

That Kojaki plays me for a sucker.

I ain't no sucker, Harry. I know what you mean.

causes all the trouble and then he gets all the action. Sure.

But at least he's in the same boat with me and sailing up the same river.

What are you talking about?

He's still out.

Hey, Harry, come on. Lago's in the next cell block. I get the word from inside

here. I mean Ladsen.

Didn't Kojak tell you?

What's Ladsen got to do with this?

He's just a fringe hand grifter.

He's the one who hit your two guys in that hamburger joint.

What does he want to hit my men for?

Unless he's hooked in with Largo.

I don't know.

Maybe they made some kind of a deal.

Larson's moving in on all your spots.

Why not?

Largo's going to be out of here before you are.

Then you'll take the whole thing over again.

You'll be out of everything completely.

That's smart.

You can't just sit back and let that happen, Harry.

I mean, you owe me some satisfaction, Selma.

I mean, if that's what's going down, the least you could do is go out and...

Knock that Lertz into the joint here.

I don't know, Fish.

Seems like Kojak just wants to forget about the whole thing now.

I don't know if I could get away with any moves on Lertz.

Hey, listen, I got enough on Lertz to blot him out.

I can't make you any promises, Fish.

But I figure I owe you one.

What have you got I can use?

I got a message. Where'd you get it? Fisher. Oh, he opened up his heart and

to me. Well, he doesn't like you at all. Tell me about it. But since I could

understand his feeling, he gave up a felony murder rap in Jersey on Lairdson.

Beautiful. Lager gave me a location on him.

You know, the same old buzzer system with the bell underneath the counter to

left of the register. Yeah, those buzzers work. You know, they always

work for Fisher.

Yeah.

You want to be a teenage hero? You got a couple of pimples.

You go into the store, you order an egg cream or a malta or something.

You go to the cash register, you grab for the buttons.

You hit the right one, they'll be in the back in five seconds.

Or maybe ten seconds.

I have to go in with no gun?

Don't worry about it.

They'll be covering it.

Besides, what do you want with the gun?

If the guy rings the buzzer before you get to it, you gonna shoot him?

What if I grab the wrong button?

We can win when you make your move, no matter what.

We'll lose most of the men in the alley.

Just take it easy.

Go in and order a soda. When you pay, yank him and go for the button.

What if I grab both?

One's the alarm. It's a 50 -50 chance.

Some odds.

Hey, kid.

Yes, sir.

You want a sure thing, you become an accountant.

If you want a guarantee, you buy yourself a washing machine. Go ahead.

I look at him and I think I'm corrupt in the cradle.

What do you mean, in cream?

I'll pen it,

kid.

Put him in separate cars, one to a car, then call the DA. You got it. Come on,

move him out.

What about Larson?

You better call the medical examiner.

How do you feel, Warren?

I'm all right, sir.

Which button you push?

I don't know. I just grabbed both and held on.

He worked you over pretty good. Never felt anything after the first punch.

Stop, Ross.

Come here.

Take the kid down to the hospital, get him patched up, and then I want you to

bring him down to the squad. Sir, I don't have to go to the hospital. I'm

right. Yeah, and then get the name of the doctor, get the extent of the

injury sustained by Patrolman Warren, and put it in the record, you're going

get a medal.

Lieutenant, I don't need a medal.

Yeah. No, this is for you.

The medal's for your mother.

Tonight at 8, the drive to make all things right is still on, but the

are on their way in in the Beiderbecke affair.

Up next, it's unexpected news for Sheila in our double bill of surgical spirit.